Somerset County Broadband Prepared By 245 Commercial Street Portland, ME 04101 (207) 591-6427 May 2017 Contents Executive Summary ....................................................................................................................................... 5 Defining Broadband ...................................................................................................................................... 7 Network Terminology ............................................................................................................................... 7 Broadband Technologies Overview .......................................................................................................... 7 Bandwidth Needs by Activity .................................................................................................................. 11 Somerset County Gap Analysis ................................................................................................................... 13 Cable ....................................................................................................................................................... 20 DSL .......................................................................................................................................................... 26 Fixed Wireless ......................................................................................................................................... 38 Regional Broadband Goals and Priorities ................................................................................................... 41 Cost Estimates and Designs ........................................................................................................................ 42 Additional Project Budget Categories ..................................................................................................... 44 Hartland 1 ............................................................................................................................................... 45 Hinckley – Lateral to KVCC ...................................................................................................................... 48 Madison-Solon ........................................................................................................................................ 51 Norridgewock 1 ....................................................................................................................................... 54 Norridgewock 2 ....................................................................................................................................... 56 Norridgewock 3 ....................................................................................................................................... 59 Palmyra 1 ................................................................................................................................................ 61 Palmyra 2 ................................................................................................................................................ 63 Palmyra 3 ................................................................................................................................................ 66 Palmyra 4 ................................................................................................................................................ 68 Pittsfield 1 ............................................................................................................................................... 71 Pittsfield 2 ............................................................................................................................................... 73 Downtown Skowhegan (Skowhegan-2) .................................................................................................. 76 Skowhegan-Norridgewock (Skowhegan-3) ............................................................................................. 79 Skowhegan-5 ........................................................................................................................................... 81 Palmyra Redundant................................................................................................................................. 84 Starks ....................................................................................................................................................... 85 Route 201 Corridor ................................................................................................................................. 88 Operating and Financing Models ................................................................................................................ 92 Operating Models ................................................................................................................................... 92 Somerset County Broadband 1 Funding and Financing Models ............................................................................................................... 94 Financial Modeling ...................................................................................................................................... 96 Key Assumptions ..................................................................................................................................... 96 Model Outputs ........................................................................................................................................ 98 Summary and Next Steps .......................................................................................................................... 104 List of Figures Figure 1 — Population Density and Telephone Service Availability ........................................................... 14 Figure 2 — Countywide Overview of Broadband Access by FCC Definition ............................................... 15 Figure 3 — Southern Somerset Service Levels by FCC Standard ................................................................ 16 Figure 4 — Maximum Advertised Download Speed – Non-Satellite Services Only .................................... 17 Figure 5 — Maximum Advertised Download Speed - Including Satellite ................................................... 19 Figure 6 — Maximum Advertised Cable Speeds (All Providers) ................................................................. 21 Figure 7— Southern Somerset Maximum Advertised Cable Speeds (All Providers) .................................. 22 Figure 8 — Spectrum/Time Warner Maximum Advertised Download Speed ............................................ 24 Figure 9 — Southern Somerset Spectrum/Time Warner Maximum Advertised Download Speed ............ 25 Figure 10 — Telephone Company Service Areas ........................................................................................ 27 Figure 11 — Maximum Advertised DSL Speeds (All Providers) .................................................................. 28 Figure 12 — Southern Somerset Maximum Advertised DSL Speeds (All Providers) .................................. 29 Figure 13 — Fairpoint Maximum Advertised Download ............................................................................ 31 Figure 14 — Southern Somerset Fairpoint Maximum Advertised Download ............................................ 32 Figure 15 — GWI Maximum Advertised Download Speed ......................................................................... 34 Figure 16 — OTT Maximum Advertised Download Speed ......................................................................... 35 Figure 17 — TDS Maximum Advertised Download Speed .......................................................................... 37 Figure 18 — Fixed Wireless Maximum Advertised Download Speed ......................................................... 39 Figure 19 — Three Ring Binder in Somerset County .................................................................................. 42 Figure 20 — Proposed Fiber Network Builds .............................................................................................. 43 Figure 21 — Proposed Fiber Builds in Southern Somerset ......................................................................... 44 Figure 22 — Hartland 1 Fiber ...................................................................................................................... 45 Figure 23 — Hartland-1 Fiber and Service Levels ....................................................................................... 47 Figure 24 — Hinckley Lateral Fiber ............................................................................................................. 49 Figure 25 — Hinckley Lateral to KVCC and Service Levels .......................................................................... 50 Figure 26 — Madison-Solon Fiber............................................................................................................... 52 Figure 27 — Madison-Solon Fiber and Service Levels ................................................................................ 53 Figure 28 — Norridgewock-1 Fiber and Service Levels ............................................................................... 55 Figure 29 —Norridgewock 1 FIber .............................................................................................................. 56 Figure 30 — Norridgewock 2 Fiber ............................................................................................................